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IWPC
2003
IEEE
14 years 1 months ago
Understanding Change-Proneness in OO Software through Visualization
During software evolution, adaptive, and corrective maintenance are common reasons for changes. Often such changes cluster around key components. It is therefore important to anal...
James M. Bieman, Anneliese Amschler Andrews, Helen...
IWPSE
2003
IEEE
14 years 1 months ago
The Chaos of Software Development
In this paper we present a new perspective on the problem of complexity in software, using sound mathematical concepts from information theory such as Shannon’s Entropy [31]. We...
Ahmed E. Hassan, Richard C. Holt
KCAP
2003
ACM
14 years 1 months ago
Modularisation of domain ontologies implemented in description logics and related formalisms including OWL
Modularity is a key requirement for large ontologies in order to achieve re-use, maintainability, and evolution. Mechanisms for ‘normalisation’ to achieve analogous aims are s...
Alan L. Rector
CAISE
2003
Springer
14 years 1 months ago
Component Engineering for Large Database Applications
Database modeling is still a job of an artisan. Due to this approach database schemata evolve by growth without any evolution plan. Finally, they cannot be examined, surveyed, cons...
Bernhard Thalheim
FASE
2003
Springer
14 years 1 months ago
Model-Based Development of Web Applications Using Graphical Reaction Rules
Abstract. The OMG’s Model-Driven Architecture focusses on the evolution and integration of applications across heterogeneous middleware platforms. Presently available instances o...
Reiko Heckel, Marc Lohmann